A dedication to my daughter

Yup, it’s Princess’ birthday on 21 December and I’m at work today. Kwaa kwaa kwaa.

Seriously I didn’t even think about taking off until this morning. I should’ve.

But,

We went to visit her grandparents several days ago, so my annual leave days at work are done. I even took unpaid leave to do that visit.

Anyway, this post is a dedication to my daughter.

Firstly, let me give you a glimpse of who she is:

She talks a lot (in baby language). She’s an active toddler, loves climbing, loves throwing her plate or cup aside after she’s done using in (and yes sometimes there’s food in it and it messes on the floor) – she just tosses it aside as if to say “NEXT!”

Her favourite things include watching the cartoon Peppa Pig, making pig sounds (like Peppa Pig does) whenever she wants to watch the show, jumping on the bed, playing guitar or harmonica and singing.

And she loves yogurt. You can’t tell her you’ll give her yogurt and then there’s no yogurt so you try to give her something like a banana or chips instead. She won’t take it, because she was told she’ll get yogurt!

Ice lollies saved our lives during the roadtrip from the Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape to Johannesburg. I think ice lollies are the second best thing to yogurt.

This child is also my reason for confidence, my reason to do things out of my comfort zone and my reason to learn new things.

I want to tell her some day that she can do anything she wants to achieve. You can reach your goals by doing, no matter how small you start, just do even if you have fears, just do. I will tell her this.

Also having a goal in mind, helps. Right now my goal for everything is: some day my daughter might go through these type of feelings I’m experiencing and I will have to guide her through how I did it.

So thank you little one, my Princess for being you and for being my reason to push myself.